Tracxn - Mobile Communication Startup Landscape

FEBRUARY 2018
MOBILE COMMUNICATION

Copyright © 2018, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Mobile Communication - Feb 2018
Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
2
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
3
Feed Summary
Investment Trend Summary
Exit Outlook Summary
BlueBox
Summary of Key Markets
Notable Companies in the Sector
Recent News

Note: Mega Companies includes IPO’d companies, Mega Acquisitions and Unicorn. Data is taken from Tracxn Platform as on February 21, 2018.
Mobile Communication Feed Summary
4
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary
Platforms that enable P2P communication without any physical (wired) connection over wireless (OTT) network
• Inclusions: All OTT or network based apps or platform
whose core feature is mobile communication. Companies
that provide communication APIs for developers and
businesses. Platforms that enable content creation for
messaging platforms are also included.
• Exclusions: All network providers, telecom operators,
data service providers, data top-ups & recharge
facilitators. Social platforms are not included since their
scope is much wider than just communication.
• Excludes funding information of Chinese companies Feed in Numbers
Overview
$7.8B
Funding
33
Mega
Companies
5112420
FundedCovered on
Tracxn
11
Unicorns
8
Soonicorns
21
Minicorns
16
IPO’d Cos
152
Late Stage Cos
33
22
Acquisitions
345
DeadPooled
81
Acquihired
Series A+ Cos
WhatsApp
(2009, Santa Clara, $58.3M, Acq)
Slack
(2009, San Francisco, $841M)
Snapchat
(2011, Los Angeles, Public)
Top Companies

183
308
496 478
267
94
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Y-o-Y # of Companies Founded
$290M $393M
$1.6B
$741M
$2.4B
$529M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
$ Funding # Rounds
Investment Trend Summary
Summary of Funding Activity in Mobile Communication
5
$1.8B - Series F
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
$50M - Series C
Snow (2015, Seoul, $95M)
$250M - Series G
Slack (2009, San Francisco, $841M)
$45M - Series C
$200M - Series F
$34M - Series C
Wickr (2012, San Francisco, $82M)
$175M - Series D
Hike Messenger (2012, Delhi, $261M)
$28.2M - Series A
Plynk (2015, Dublin, $29M)
$60M - Series A
MessageBird (2011, Amsterdam, $60M)
$25M - Angel
Flock (2014, Mumbai, $45M)
Top Geos of InvestmentEntrepreneurial Activity Global Funding Trend
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary > Investment Trend Summary
Seed SV Angel (#8), GV (#7), Betaworks (#6)
Series A/B DCM Ventures (#3), August Capital (#2), General Catalyst Partners
(#2)
Series C+ KPCB (#2), Sequoia Capital (#2), SoftBank Group (#2)
Incubators 500 Startups (#13) Y Combinator (#11) Techstars (#7)
Other Notable
Investors
Kima Ventures (#6), Accomplice (#4), FundersClub (#4)
Debt Investors Lighthouse Capital Partners (#1), Silicon Valley Bank (#1)
Most Active InvestorsRecent Investments
77 101 124 102 60 40
$6.2B
$477M
$386M
$222M
$150M
US
Europe
India
South
Korea
Canada
$ Funding

Summary of exit outlook in Mobile Communication
Exit Outlook Summary
66
Most Active AcquirersTop Investors in Exits
KPCB 4
Tencent 4
Horizons Ventures 4
Skype (2003, Luxembourg, $26.8M)
DFJ 3
Tango (2009, Mountain View, $367M)
Twilio (2007, San Francisco, $240M)
IVP 3
Dec 2016 Talking Tom for Messenger Acq by Jinke for $1.1B
May 2016 Nexmo Acq by Vonage for $230M
Oct 2014 WhatsApp Acq by Facebook for $21.8B
Feb 2014 Viber Acq by Rakuten for $900M
Oct 2011 Skype Acq by Microsoft for $8.5B
Jun 2010 ICQ.com Acq by Mail.Ru for $188M
Mar 2008 Bebo Acq by America Online for $850M
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary > Exit Outlook Summary
Snapchat 3
Looksery (Sep 2015, $150M), Bitstrips (Mar 2016, $100M),
Bitmoji (Mar 2016, $100M)
Microsoft 1 Skype (Oct 2011, $8.5B)
Yahoo 1 Cooliris (Nov 2014)
Amazon 1 Biba (Jun 2015)
America Online 1 Bebo (Mar 2008, $850M)
Recent IPOs Top Acquisitions
Twilio Jun 2016
Cloud Communications API provider
IPO MCap: - Current MCap: $1.2B
HearMeOut Jun 2016
Voice Messenger social app
IPO MCap: - Current MCap: $9.7M
MySQUAR Jul 2015
Social chat app
IPO MCap: - Current MCap: $29M
GINSMS Dec 2009
Mobile technology and services company
IPO MCap: - Current MCap: $5.6M
Bandwidth Nov 2017
VoIP, SMS and 911 solutions
IPO MCap: - Current MCap: $352M
Kakao Talk Jul 2017
Mobile messenger app
IPO MCap: - Current MCap: -
Snapchat Mar 2017
Real-time ephemeral messaging service wit…
Line Jul 2016
Messaging app with free voice calls

EPHEMERAL
Privacy focused
Wickr (2012, San Francisco, $81.75M)
Engagement focused
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.62B, IPO)
$2.7B CALLING
Video
Voice
Reliance Global Call (2004, Pennsville, IPO)
$1.5B
February 2018Tracxn BlueBox – Mobile Communication
2420 companies in the sector, 307 funded in last 5 years, $2.9B invested in last 2 Years
Most Active Investors: SV Angel, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, KPCB, Sequoia Capital
MESSAGING
Multimedia
WhatsApp (2009, Santa Clara, $58.25M, Acq.)
Text
Pedius (2013, Rome, $2.04M)
$930M
Special purpose
Life360 (2008, San Francisco, $89.7M)
ENTERPRISE
Calling
Voxer (2007, San Francisco, $30M)
Messaging
TigerText (2010, Santa Monica, $81.1M)
$1.2B
CPaaS
Calling
TokBox (2007, San Francisco, $26M, Acq.)
A2P
Mblox (2010, Sunnyvale, $79.61M)
$876M
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary > BlueBox
7
Cumulative funding in the marketFunding data excludes Debt, Grants & Post-IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
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Key Sub Sectors in Mobile Communication Sector
Summary of Key Markets
Top Markets of Investment Activity
# Cos on
Platform
Last 2 Years
$ Invested # Round
Enterprise >
Messaging 88 $519M 10
CPaaS > P2P >
Messaging 42 $45.5M 6
Messaging > Generic > Multimedia >
Horizontal 160 $40.6M 7
Ephemeral >
Privacy focused 43 $44.6M 4
Content >
Emojis and Stickers 131 $23.8M 5
Enterprise >
Calling 26 $23M 4
Sub Sectors
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
Ephemeral
Apps that allow sending short-lived messages or
messages that can be deleted by the sender
123 23 $2.7B
Calling
Apps that connect users to phones or other app users
through voice or video calling
479 80 $1.5B
Enterprise
Apps that help employees in intra-organisation
communication
135 48 $1.2B
Messaging
Apps that allow sending messages in the form of text,
pictures, videos, etc.
859 191 $930M
CPaaS
Companies that provide CPaaS (Communication
Platform as a Service) in the form of API's,...
242 72 $876M
App Community chat
Apps that help users discover and converse with
strangers from the community of fellow...
194 34 $80.9M
Content
Apps that support messaging apps through creative
content, content creation platforms,...
228 23 $52.8M
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary > Summary of Key Markets
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List of Notable Companies in Mobile Communication
Notable Companies in the Sector
9
Note: *(Founded Year, Location, Total Funding)
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector
Public
Vonage
(2001, Holmdel, $671M)*
Twilio
Bandwidth
(1999, Raleigh, $22M)
MySQUAR
(2013, Yangon, $3.2M)
HearMeOut
(2012, Tel Aviv, $500k)
GINSMS
(2002, Singapore)
Snapchat
(2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Kakao Talk
(2010, Seongnam-si, $93M)
Norwood Systems
(2011, Nedlands, $14.8M)
NetTALK
(2008, Miami, $10.1M)
Public
Line
(2011, Tokyo)
LINK Mobility
(1993, Oslo)
Chunghwa Telecom
Data Communication
(1991, Taipei)
CLX Communications
(2015, Stockholm)
Reliance Global Call
(2004, Pennsville)
WhizXpress
(2014, Zug)
Acquired
WhatsApp
(2009, Santa Clara, $58.3M)
Skype
(2003, Luxembourg, $26.8M)
Talking Tom for
Messenger
(2009, Limassol)
Viber
(2010, Tel Aviv)
Bebo
Nexmo
ICQ.com
(1997, Tel Aviv)
Qik
(2006, Redwood City, $14.8M)
Looksery
(2013, San Francisco)
Followap
(1999, New York City, $14M)
Acquired
Mblox
(2010, Sunnyvale, $79.6M)
Bitmoji
(2014, Toronto, $11M)
Bitstrips
(2007, Toronto, $11M)
Unicorns
Slack
Tango
(2009, Mountain View, $367M)
Hike Messenger
(2012, Delhi, $261M)
Kik
(2009, Toronto, $121M)

List of Notable Companies by Market in Mobile Communication
Notable Companies by Market (1/5)
11
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Ephemeral
Engagement focused
Real-time ephemeral messaging service with a
timer
Unicorn. Stage: Public
Tencent, Fidelity Investments, Sequoia Capital and
39 Other Investors
Telegram (2013, St. Petersburg)
Open source messaging platform
Soonicorn. Stage: Unfunded
Privacy focused
Ephemeral, encryption based secure
communication
Soonicorn. Stage: Series C
Dolby Family Ventures, Riverwood Capital, Knight
Foundation and 7 Other Investors
Messaging
Generic
Mobile messaging and calling app
Unicorn. Stage: Series D
Tencent, Foxconn Electronics, Adam D'Angelo and 4
Other Investors
Kakao Talk (2010, Seongnam-si, $93M)
TPG, GIC, Anchor Equity Partners and 8 Other
Investors
WhatsApp (2009, Santa Clara, $58.3M)
Cross platform Instant messaging platform
Unicorn. Stage: Acquired
Sequoia Capital
Bitmoji (2014, Toronto, $11M)
App for messaging with emojis
Stage: Acquired
KPCB, Horizons Ventures

12
Messaging
Generic
MySQUAR (2013, Yangon, $3.2M)
Social chat app
Editor's Pick. Stage: Public
Yonder & Beyond, Bell Pottinger, Pix Vine Capital
HearMeOut (2012, Tel Aviv, $500k)
Stage: Public
Line (2011, Tokyo)
Talking Tom for Messenger (2009, Limassol)
Messaging app with animated characters
Stage: Acquired
Special purpose
Mobile app that connects family members and close
friends
ADT Security Services, The Duchossois Group, DCM
Ventures and 26 Other Investors
Calling
Voice
Norwood Systems (2011, Nedlands, $14.8M)
Cost-effective mobile roaming voice, messaging and
data services provider
Stage: Public
Cazenove Capital, Argo Global Capital, Innovacom
and 2 Other Investors
NetTALK (2008, Miami, $10.1M)
VoIP solutions provider
Stage: Public
Midtown Partners
Reliance Global Call (2004, Pennsville)
International long distance calling service provider
Stage: Public
WhizXpress (2014, Zug)
Mobile application for VOIP calling
Stage: Public

13
Calling
Video
Vonage (2001, Holmdel, $671M)
Offers VoIP services
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citizens Bank, Silicon Valley
Bank and 12 Other Investors
Free video & voice calls app
Alibaba Group, Qualcomm, DFJ and 10 Other
Investors
VoIP Software application
EBay, Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake and 13
Other Investors
Qik (2006, Redwood City, $14.8M)
Live video casting from cell phones
Stage: Acquired
Quest Venture Partners, Almaz Capital,
CampVentures
Video
ICQ.com (1997, Tel Aviv)
Instant Messaging app with video call feature
Stage: Acquired
Looksery (2013, San Francisco)
App to add facial effects on video chat
Stage: Acquired
Viber (2010, Tel Aviv)
Free calls via smartphone app
Stage: Acquired
Eniac Ventures
Content
Content creation
Bitstrips (2007, Toronto, $11M)
Emoji and sticker generation app
Stage: Acquired
Horizons Ventures, KPCB

14
Enterprise
Messaging
Real-time messaging, archiving and search for
enterprise teams.
Unicorn. Stage: Series G
SoftBank Group, Accel Partners, Thrive Capital and
21 Other Investors
Secure Enterprise Texting
Norwest Venture Partners, Invus Group, Accolade
Partners and 11 Other Investors
Calling
Zinc (2013, San Francisco, $31.5M)
Secure and ephemeral mobile messaging for field
workforce
GE Ventures, Hearst, Emergence Capital and 1
Other Investors
CPaaS
Horizontal
T. Rowe Price, Altimeter Capital, Amazon and 22
Other Investors
Gupshup (2006, Mumbai, $47M)
Messaging and bot development platform
Soonicorn. Stage: Series E
Tenaya Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, Charles
River Ventures and 4 Other Investors
Bandwidth (1999, Raleigh, $22M)
Stage: Public
Carmichael Partners, Eastern Federal
Nexmo (2010, San Francisco, $22M)
Cloud SMS API
Stage: Acquired
Sorenson Capital, Intel Capital, NHN Investment and
5 Other Investors

15
CPaaS
P2P
Followap (1999, New York City, $14M)
Pioneer in mobile device based messenger
Stage: Acquired
Sequoia Capital, Star Ventures, Viola Group and 1
Other Investors
Chunghwa Telecom Data Communication
(1991, Taipei)
Cloud-based unified communication solutions
provider
Stage: Public
CLX Communications (2015, Stockholm)
Communications API provider
Stage: Public
Neqst Partner
A2P
Mobile Messaging For Brands
Minicorn. Stage: Acquired
Horizon Technology Finance, Norwest Venture
Partners, Scale Venture Partners and 11 Other
Investors
GINSMS (2002, Singapore)
Stage: Public
LINK Mobility (1993, Oslo)
Mobile payment solution provider to businesses.
Stage: Public

List of Notable Companies in Mobile Communication in China
Notable Companies in the Sector in China
16
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector in China
Public
Hello Pal
(2013, Hong Kong)
Unicorns
WeChat
(2011, Shenzhen)
Soonicorns
Shenzhen Uxin Internet
Technology
(2012, Shenzhen, $100M)
Yuntongxun
(2009, Beijing, $89M)

Recent News in Mobile Communication Sector
Recent News
17
Mobile Communication > Feed Summary > Recent News
Feb 2018 WhatsApp For Android Gets Group Description Feature, Ubergizmo
Feb 2018 Line TV aims to top online video platform this year, Bangkok Post
Feb 2018
New WhatsApp update comes in for Windows phone 2.18.24 on
Stickers but still in beta, TechGenYZ
Feb 2018
Snapchat adds GIF stickers via Giphy, plus new Friends and
Discover screen tabs, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Enterprise CPaaS spend set to quadruple to $6.7bn by 2022,
estimates Juniper Research, ACN Newswire
Feb 2018
Instagram Direct one-ups Snapchat with replay privacy controls,
TechCrunch
Feb 2018 Report: More Than 50,000 Snapchat Users Phished, TexasTechPulse
Feb 2018
Snap Downgraded To 'Sell' Following 1.2M-Strong Petition To Kill
Snapchat App Update, Forbes
Feb 2018
Connie Rheams Takes On Executive Role at Beekeeper, Hospitality
Net
Feb 2018 Cashless Options Rise in Asia, FInews Asia
Feb 2018
Nike teamed up with Snap and Darkstore to pre-release Air Jordan
III ‘Tinker’ shoes on Snapchat, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
WhatsApp's 'delete for everyone' feature has a major flaw, Diligent
Media Corporation
Feb 2018
Snapchat Opens A Store–And Takes Aim At A Trillion-Dollar
Industry, Co.Design
Key Recent News Key Recent News
Feb 2018 Snapchat is selling more than just crappy merch, Engadget
Feb 2018
CLX Communications & DeviceRadio Partner to Simplify Production
& Launch of IoT devices, GlobeNewswire
Feb 2018
Paytm Triggers A Wallet War With Whatsapp; Calls It A Security
Risk & Facebook As Evil!, Trak in
Feb 2018 Quoted WhatsApp Messages Cannot Be Deleted, Phoneworld
Feb 2018
Twilio will soon launch Flex, a dedicated contact center solution,
TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Snapchat Redesign A Reminder Celebs Aren’t Your Friends: CEO,
Android Headlines
Feb 2018
Clx Communications Ab (Publ): Changes In The Nomination
Committee, GlobeNewswire
Feb 2018
Facebook Messenger Kids now available for Android devices,
thestar.com.my
Feb 2018
Online Petition Calls For a Rollback on Snapchat's Latest Update,
TechKenyot
Feb 2018
Experts say Messenger Kids received funding from Facebook,
Indiatimes
Feb 2018 Slack adds Edith Cooper to board of directors, Tech News Universe
Feb 2018
Vonage Names Ken McMahon Senior Vice President of Client
Operations, PR Newswire

Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
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Funding Trends
Median Deal Size and Trend
New Entrants in Funding Club
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
Funding Funnel of the Sector
Top Investments and Investors
Investors in Unicorn club

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$80M
$240M $290M
$393M
$1.6B
$741M
$2.4B
$529M
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
$0k
$500M
$1.B
$1.5B
$2.B
$2.5B
$3.B
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
$ Funding # Rounds
3 Year CAGR
6 Year CAGR
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Mobile Communication; 2011-2017
Global Funding Trends (1/2)
20
Note: Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
#Rounds
$Funding
77% $ Funding
84% $ Funding
11% # of Rounds
16% # of Rounds

20 35 57 68 80 74 38 19
8
17
13 30
32
20
15
17
4 10 7 3
12
8 7 4
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
32
40
Total # of Rounds
$12M
$22M $38M $55M $65M $51M $58M $44M
$30M
$147M $162M $215M
$386M $87M $113M
$197M
$38M $71M $90M $123M $1.2B $603M $2.3B $288M
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
$0K $64M
$178M $180M
$1.4B
$590M
$2.3B
$386M
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
0
500000000
1E+09
1.5E+09
2E+09
2.5E+09
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
$ Funding # of Rounds
21
Note: Mega Rounds = rounds with size > $20M. Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Stage-wise Number of RoundsStage-wise $ Invested
New Entrants in Funded ClubMega Rounds
Global Funding Trends (2/2)
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Mobile Communication; 2011-2017
Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
35
51
60
65
63
30
14
318
$1.8M
$2.6M
$0.0M
$1.0M
$2.0M
$3.0M
$4.0M
$5.0M
$6.0M
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2001-2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
Entrants in Funding Club Avg. Ticket Size
- 2 5 3 14 5 8 5 $1.8M $2.6M $1.5M $3.4M $0.9M $5M $2.7M $2.6M
$80M
$529M
Total $ Invested

Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Funding Trends by Geography
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Mobile Communication
Funding Trends by Geography
Funding Trends by Geography Top Cities of Funding
City $ Funding # Rounds
Los Angeles 2.6B 21
Bay Area 2.4B 238
Holmdel 644M 7
Delhi NCR 261M 8
Toronto 140M 14
Mumbai 125M 11
Seoul 125M 15
New York City 124M 56
London 98.1M 18
Amsterdam 97.9M 6
Total Funding
258
129
26
24
25
38
20
6
# Rounds
$6.2B
$477M
$386M
$222M
$150M
$131M
$31.5M
$18.9M
US
Europe
India
South Korea
Canada
Israel
SEA
Australia
Note: Excludes funding information of China companies

Trend of Average Deal Size ($M)
$0.7 $0.8 $0.9 $1.0 $0.8
$2.1
$3.4
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
$4.2 $5.2 $4.4
$13.0
$3.4
$8.6
$11.6
$17.5
$36.7
$16.9
$13.8
$9.0 $9.1
$15.4
$10.1 $18.0 $41.0
$98.0 $86.2
$324.3
$72.1
Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Median Deal Size and Trend
Median and Average Deal Size in $M (per Stage) in Mobile Communication; 2011-2017
Median Deal Size and Trend
Note: Excludes funding information of Chinese companies. *Graph not to scale
Median Deal Size and Range
$5K* $11M
$50K $31M
$92K $80M
$50K $1B
$22M
$7M
$2.8M
$0.3M
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed
Stage

Note: 161 companies with undisclosed funding amount are not included
24
<$1M
$1-10M
$10-50M
$50-100M
$100M+
Funding Range
125
150
69
11
7
No. of Companies
Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Distribution of companies by Funding Range
No. of companies by funding range in Mobile Communication; as of Feb 2018
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
$47M
$445M
$1.3B
$826M
$5.1B
$ Investment

Stage No. of Companies
Funding
Funnel
100%
21%
6%
3%
1%
25
Note: Numbers in the brackets show the count of companies
Time to raise
next round
33
68
152
511
2420
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Funded
Founded
Next
Round
100M+
Valuation
Exits
Acqui-
Hired
Dead
Pooled
Others
21% 2%
(41)
1%
(29)
4%
(90)
14%
(345)
61%
(1474)
30% 6%
(33)
4%
(22)
13%
(68)
15%
(78)
42%
(213)
45% 18%
(27)
11%
(16)
18%
(28)
11%
(17)
26%
(39)
49% 35%
(24)
21%
(14)
22%
(15)
6%
(4)
24%
(16)
- 58%
(19)
27%
(9)
15%
(5)
3%
(1)
33%
(11)
Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Funding Funnel
Number of companies progressing to subsequent funding stages in Mobile Communication
Funding Funnel
17 Months
17 Months
20 Months
Investment backedBootstrapped
8
11
19
12
3
4
Soonicorns
Unicorns
Acquisitions
IPOs

Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Mobile Communication; Feb 2016-Feb 2018
Notable Investments in last 24 months (1/3)
LATE STAGE
$1.8B - Series F May 2016
Real-time ephemeral messaging service with a timer
Fidelity Investments, Sequoia Capital, General
Atlantic, Coatue Management, IVP, Lone Pine
Capital, Glade Brook Capital, T. Rowe Price, Yahoo,
KPCB, Benchmark Capital, General Catalyst Partners,
Lightspeed Venture Partners
$250M - Series G Sep 2017
enterprise teams.
SoftBank Group, Accel Partners
$200M - Series F Apr 2016
enterprise teams.
Thrive Capital, GGV Capital, Comcast Ventures, Accel
Partners, Index Ventures, Social Capital, Sherpa
Capital, Spark Capital
LATE STAGE
$175M - Series D Aug 2016
Tencent, Foxconn Electronics
$50M - Series C Jan 2018
Ephemeral messaging app
SoftBank Group, Sequoia Capital
$45M - Series C Sep 2016
Ephemeral messaging app
LINE
$34M - Series C Apr 2016
Ephemeral, encryption based secure communication
$18.5M - Series C Dec 2017
friends
LATE STAGE
$11M - Series C Apr 2017
workforce
GE Ventures, Hearst, Emergence Capital, Charles
River Ventures
$8.8M - Series C Jul 2017
Ephemeral, encryption based secure communication
$5M - Series C Jun 2016
workforce
Charles River Ventures, Emergence Capital

EARLY STAGE
$60M - Series A Oct 2017
MessageBird (2011, Amsterdam, $60.1M)
Offers SMS, Chat & Voice API
Accel Partners, Y Combinator, Atomico
$28.2M - Series A Jun 2017
Money messenger app
$23M - Series B Feb 2017
Route Mobile (2004, Mumbai, $23M)
Messaging and voice API provider
Shrem
$20.7M - Series A Aug 2016
Yubl (2015, London, $20.7M)
Mobile messaging app to share interactive content
$20M - Series A Nov 2016
Marco Polo (2013, Palo Alto, $20M)
Video chat app
Benchmark Capital, StartX, Matrix Partners, Battery
Ventures
EARLY STAGE
$15M - Series B Feb 2017
Layer (2013, San Francisco, $37M)
API provider for multimedia messaging
Greycroft Partners, Microsoft Ventures, Salesforce,
CME Group, SV Angel, AME Cloud Ventures, Promus
Ventures, Fuel Capital, CrunchFund
$13M - Series A Nov 2017
Quidd (2015, Brooklyn, $19.8M)
Digital sticker provider for messaging apps
Sequoia Capital
$8M - Series A Mar 2017
Beekeeper (2012, Zurich, $13M)
Mobile first team communication platform
Keen Venture Partners, Fyrfly Venture Partners,
Polytech Ecosystem Ventures, Btov
$3M - Series A Jul 2016
Zingle (2009, Carlsbad, $4M)
Cloud based Messaging Platform
Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut
EARLY STAGE
$2M - Series A Aug 2017
Eko Communications (2012, Bangkok, $8.7M)
Mobile Enterprise Communication
ITOCHU Corporation, Gobi Partners
Series B May 2016
Dream Incubator

SEED STAGE
$25M - Angel Mar 2017
Chatting app for professional environments
$20M - Angel Dec 2016
$6.8M - Angel Mar 2017
$6M - Seed Apr 2016
Meucci (2011, Tel Aviv, $6M)
Group calling & messaging app
Singulariteam, Dragon Venture
$5M - Seed Apr 2016
Fyrfly Venture Partners, Polytech Ecosystem
Ventures, Btov
SEED STAGE
$3M - Seed May 2016
Tribe (2015, San Francisco, $3.5M)
Video calling and messaging app
Ludlow Ventures, Kima Ventures, Partech Ventures,
Sequoia Capital
$1.6M - Seed Mar 2016
Confide (2013, New York City, $3.6M)
Self-erasing text messenger
SV Angel, First Round Capital, WGI Group, Marker,
CrunchFund, Howard Lerman
$795k - Seed Oct 2016
Money messenger app
Delta Partners, Enterprise Ireland, NDRC
$120k - Seed Jul 2016
Y Combinator

Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
LATE STAGE
$70M - Series C Jul 2016
Yuntongxun (2009, Beijing, $89M)
Cloud communication services provider in China
Sequoia Capital
EARLY STAGE
$45M - Series B Aug 2017
UCPaas (2014, Shenzhen, $62.6M)
Communication service provider cloud platform
Fengyuan Capital, M800, Chengwei Capital, Legend
Capital, China Renaissance
$14M - Series A May 2016
ChatGame (2014, Nanjing, $14M)
Fun video calling application

Most Active Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Mobile Communication; Last 5 years (Feb 2013-Feb 2018)
Most Active VC & PE Investors
30
Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
SV Angel (8 Investments)
Layer, OneSignal, Confide
1
GV (7 Investments)
Rabbit, MessageMe, Confide
2
Betaworks(6 Investments)
Context App, Dasher App, Mojilala
3
Greylock Partners (5 Investments)
MessageMe, Polar, Leo
4
East Ventures(4 Investments)
Pairy, VideoSelfie App, Pocket Video
5
Foundation Capital (4 Investments)
Blend, Sochat, WutWut
6
Greycroft Partners (4 Investments)
Layer, Dasher App, Unmute
7
CrunchFund (3 Investments)
Layer, Rabbit, Confide
8
Cherubic Ventures (3 Investments)
Toss Lab, Pinnatta, Charge Messenger
9
CyberAgent Ventures(3 Investments)
VideoSelfie App, Pocket Video, Unda
10
EARLY STAGE
DCM Ventures(3 Investments)
Life360, Kakao Talk, Teamblind
1
August Capital (2 Investments)
OpenGarden, SendBird
2
General Catalyst Partners (2 Investments)
Snapchat, TalkRay
3
Horizons Ventures(2 Investments)
Bitstrips, Bitmoji
4
IDG ventures(2 Investments)
IDT messaging, Meow Me
5
KPCB(2 Investments)
Bitstrips, Bitmoji
6
Lerer Hippeau Ventures(2 Investments)
Jott, TalkRay
7
Rincon Venture Partners(2 Investments)
mPulse Mobile, Zingle
8
Sequoia Capital (2 Investments)
Rounds, Quidd
9
Shasta Ventures(2 Investments)
TigerText, SendBird
10
LATE STAGE
KPCB(2 Investments)
Slack, Snapchat
1
Snapchat, Snow
2
SoftBank Group (2 Investments)
Slack, Snow
3
Comcast Ventures
Slack
4
DFJ
Twilio
5
DST Global
Slack
6
General Atlantic
Snapchat
7
GE Ventures
Zinc
8
GGV Capital
Slack
9
GIC
Snapchat
10

Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Most Active Ecosystem Investors
Top Ecosystem Investors in Mobile Communication; Last 5 years (Feb 2013-Feb 2018)
Most Active Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR
500 Startups(13 Investments)
Eko Communications, Between, Jott
1
Y Combinator(11 Investments)
MessageBird, OneSignal, SendBird
2
Techstars(7 Investments)
Twilio, SendBird, Reveal Chat
3
DG Incubation(3 Investments)
Twilio, Glide, DabKick
4
Dreamit(3 Investments)
Acorn, YapTap, Tappi
5
Incubate Fund (3 Investments)
Pairy, Kiheitai, Beyond
6
SOSV(3 Investments)
Umbala, Mybrana, KitCut
7
FF Venture Capital(2 Investments)
DormChat, Memo
8
FuturePlay(2 Investments)
Fluenty, Keukey
9
The Brandery
ShoutOut
10
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
Kima Ventures(6 Investments)
OpenGarden, Zula App, After School
1
Accomplice(4 Investments)
Snapchat, After School, VentureApp
2
FundersClub(4 Investments)
Slack, SendHub, SendBird
3
Crowdcube(3 Investments)
Chirp, Wave, Fabric
4
Facebook(3 Investments)
DeeMe, Messenger Kids, Ohai
5
NFX Guild(3 Investments)
Life360, Zula App, Highlight
6
Slow Ventures(3 Investments)
Chatous, Highlight, Sochat
7
Tencent(3 Investments)
Snapchat, Hike Messenger, Kik
8
Wayra(3 Investments)
Voicemod, IMbox, Remote Assistant
9
Amazon(2 Investments)
Twilio, Toymail
10
DEBT INVESTORS
Lighthouse Capital Partners
IDT messaging
1
Silicon Valley Bank
Vonage
2

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Mobile Communication > Investment Trends > Unicorn Investors in the Sector
Unicorn Investors in the Sector

Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
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BlueBox
Key Sub Sectors
Detailed Sector Taxonomy
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Other Notable Markets
Market Deep Dive

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Key Sub Sectors in Mobile Communication
Market Top Companies
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
Ephemeral
Apps that allow sending short-lived messages or messages that can be deleted by the sender
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, Public)
123 23 $2.7B
Calling
Apps that connect users to phones or other app users through voice or video calling
Vonage (2001, Holmdel, Public)
479 80 $1.5B
Enterprise
Apps that help employees in intra-organisation communication
Biba (2012, San Francisco, Acquired)
135 48 $1.2B
Messaging
Apps that allow sending messages in the form of text, pictures, videos, etc.
Kakao Talk (2010, Seongnam-si, Public)
859 191 $930M
CPaaS
Companies that provide CPaaS (Communication Platform as a Service) in the form of API's,
SDK's, and A2P dashboards that can be used by developers and...
Twilio (2007, San Francisco, Public)
Symphonycom (2012, London, $66M)
242 72 $876M
App Community chat
Apps that help users discover and converse with strangers from the community of fellow app
users
Skout (2007, San Francisco, Acquired)
After School (2014, San Francisco, $16.4M)
194 34 $80.9M
Content
Apps that support messaging apps through creative content, content creation platforms, etc.
Bitstrips (2007, Toronto, Acquired)
228 23 $52.8M
Cross Messenger Platforms
Stand-alone apps that allow access to several messenger apps
Xumii (2006, San Mateo, Acquired)
FlickIM (2006, Berkeley, $1.6M)
19 4 $17.8M
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Key Sub Sectors

Detailed Sector Taxonomy (1/5)
41
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy

42

43

44

45

Rank Market
Last 2 Years
$ Invested # Round Top Funded Company
1
(-)
Enterprise > Messaging
Apps that focus on communication through messaging
(Companies covered 88 | Funded 30 | Total Funding $977M)
$519M
(+$144M)
10
(-18)
Slack
2
(-)
CPaaS > P2P > Messaging
Companies providing communication API's for P2P messaging
$45.5M
(-$38.6M)
6
(-3)
SendBird
(2013, San Francisco, $16.1M)
3
(-)
Messaging > Generic > Multimedia > Horizontal
Apps that support popular messaging formats like photo, audio, and video
$40.6M
(+$8M)
7
(-13)
Plynk
(2015, Dublin, $29M)
4
(+1)
Ephemeral > Privacy focused
Apps that provide a secure communication platform with features like military-grade encryption,
password protection, etc.
(Companies covered 43 | Funded 7 | Total Funding $86.1M)
$44.6M
(+$5.6M)
4
(+1)
Wickr
5
(+1)
Content > Emojis and Stickers
Apps that provide emojis and stickers which can be used while messaging
(Companies covered 131 | Funded 8 | Total Funding $26.9M)
$23.8M
(+$21.1M)
5
(+1)
Quidd
(2015, Brooklyn, $19.8M)
6
(-2)
Enterprise > Calling
Apps that focus on communication through calling
$23M
(+$3.3M)
4
(-)
Zinc
46
Note: The numbers in the bracket represent the change in a 2 year period.
Top Markets by Funding in Mobile Communication in last 2 years (February 2016 - January 2018)
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Top Markets of Investment Activity

Rank Market # Investments Key Investments
1
CPaaS > Horizontal
Companies that provide CPaaS for both P2P and A2P communication
(Companies created 9 | Funded 8 | Total Funding $408M )
1 MessageBird (2011, Amsterdam, $60.1M)
2
Messaging > Generic > Multimedia > Video
Apps that use video as the primary messaging medium
(Companies created 51 | Funded 16 | Total Funding $60.9M )
1 Marco Polo (2013, Palo Alto, $20M)
3
Content > Emojis and Stickers
Apps that provide emojis and stickers which can be used while messaging
(Companies created 131 | Funded 8 | Total Funding $26.9M )
1 Quidd (2015, Brooklyn, $19.8M)
Note: Investors considered - Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Greylock Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Benchmark Capital, KPCB, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Founders Fund, SV Angel, Index Ventures, Bessemer
Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Venrock, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Institutional Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Battery Ventures
47
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Top Markets where Early Stage Investors are investing in last 2 years (February 2016 - January 2018)
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Top Markets of Early Stage Investors

Incubators Y Combinator (#2), Venture Kick (#1)
Seed Accel Partners (#1), CyberAgent Ventures (#1)
Series A/B Andreessen Horowitz (#1), JAFCO (#1)
Series C+ Index Ventures (#1), SoftBank Group (#1)
None
$5.2M - Series A
Toss Lab (2014, Seoul, $12M)
$2.4M - Seed
Butterfly (2014, New York City, $3M)
$250M - Series G
$8M - Series A
$25M - Angel
$1.7M - Series A
Toss Lab (2014, Seoul, $12M)
$20M - Angel
$2.2M - Series A
Ryver (2011, Phoenix, $10.6M)
$5M - Seed
$200M - Series F
$12.5M - Series B
ChatWork (2012, Sunnyvale, $15M)
Feb 2018
Connie Rheams Takes On Executive Role at Beekeeper,
Hospitality Net
Feb 2018
Slack adds Edith Cooper to board of directors, Tech News
Universe
Feb 2018
Toss Lab’s group-oriented messaging platform JANDI raises
USD 5.2M to improve software, AllTechAsia
Feb 2018
SMS Archiving Technology Patent Awarded to CellTrust, PR
Newswire
Feb 2018 Slack names Allen Shim as company’s first CFO, TechCrunch
Jan 2018
Slack is latest major service to drop standalone Apple Watch
app, AppleInsider
Jan 2018
Slack adds Target, BBC, E*Trade as clients in enterprise
push, Reuters
Jan 2018
Messaging startup Slack browsing Denver office space,
BusinessDen
Jan 2018
Trillian, McKinsey to be served over Eskom and Transnet
services, NPA confirms, Engineering News
Dec 2017
Collaboration trends 2018: Expect Microsoft Teams to gain
ground, enterprises to embrace group chat, Techworld
Dec 2017
Collaborative Marketing Solutions LLC Announces an
Integrated Meeting Solution for Slack, Exhibitor
Nov 2017
Slack Gets its Fifth Language, Localized for the Japanese
Market, TechGenYZ
News
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4
6
8
10
12
14
16
$0k
$50M
$100M
$150M
$200M
$250M
$300M
$350M
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
YoY Funding Rounds
-
1
11
30
88
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Enterprise > Messaging: Market Factsheet
Market: Messaging
48
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent Investments
YoY Funding and Rounds
Apps that focus on communication
through messaging
Slack
Flock
(2014, Mumbai, $45M)
ChatWork
(2012, Sunnyvale, $15M)
Beekeeper
(2012, Zurich, $13M)
Top Companies
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Market: Messaging
Companies Created 88 | Funded 30 | Total Funding $977M

Enterprise > Messaging: Top Companies
Market: Messaging
Analyst’s Pick
enterprise teams.
21 Other Investors
Minicorn. Stage: Seed
Minicorn. Stage: Series A
Polytech Ecosystem Ventures and 2 Other Investors
Zula App (2012, Tel Aviv, $4.4M)
Team communications on mobile
OurCrowd, Microsoft Ventures, Rhodium and 6
Other Investors
Analyst’s Pick
Shift Messenger (2014, San Francisco, $1.6M)
Enterprise messaging app focused on shift workers
Kapor Capital, Venrock, Commerce Ventures and 6
Other Investors

Note: Overall Rating is a combination of Funding and Team rating, along with Execution, Size and Growth metrics
50
Enterprise > Messaging: Leaderboard
Market: Messaging
Better than Market Average
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Foun
ded
Year
Location Stage Funding Team
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App
UX
Web
UX
News
Web
Traffic
Rank
Social
Follow
ing
Mobile
Downl
oads
# App
Revie
ws
Web Traffic
Rank
Mobile
Downloads
Social
Following
Δ % Δ % Δ %
5.0 Slack 2009
San
Francisco
Series G $841M - 5 - - 283 228 334k 7.6M 53.7k 1k 14% 3.5k 8% 24.1k 8%
4.9 Beekeeper 2012 Zurich Series A $13M - 4 - - 6 559k 2.8k 76k 381 158k 38% 75 30% 152 6%
4.9 Mattermost 2012 Palo Alto Seed - - 3 2 4 - 95k 4.6k 111k 600 4k 4% 175 42% 445 11%
4.8 Flock 2014 Mumbai Seed $45M - 4 4 4 3 417k 3.5k 300k 1.3k 150k 57% - - - -
4.8 Fleep 2012 Tallinn Seed $2M - 5 - - 3 259k 5.3k 30k 354 55k 26% 8 2% 438 9%
4.7 IRCCloud 2010 London Seed $760K - 4 - - - 75k 3.7k 78k 1.7k 11k 16% 64 5% 38 1%
4.6 Avaamo 2014 Los Altos Seed $6M - 4 - - - 836k 4k 300k 1.2k 152k 22% 5 - -84 -2%
4.6 ChatWork 2012 Sunnyvale Series B $15M - 4 - - 2 720 1.2k 300k 1.6k 1k 42% 198 15% -1 -
4.5 Ryver 2011 Phoenix Series A $11M - 4 - - - 47k 3.6k 30k 238 -5k -9% 80 52% 14 -
4.4 Toss Lab 2014 Seoul Series A $12M - 4 - - 5 82k 78 300k 1.1k 13k 18% 53 5% 3 3%
4.4 OMessenger 2004 Sivakasi Unfunded - - 4 4 3 - 1.8M 192 300k 436 417k 30% 2 - - -
4.3
Shift
Messenger
2014
San
Francisco
Seed $2M - 4 - - 1 4.8M 55 75k 418 525k 12% 18 5% 5 9%
4.3 Brosix 2006 Plovdiv Unfunded - - 4 - - - 329k 2k 975k 7.6k -291k -46% 68 1% 1.1k 116%
4.2 Trillian 2007 Brookfield Unfunded - - 4 - - 1 88k 11k 750k 24.9k 16k 22% 218 1% - -
4.1 Pie 2013 Singapore Acquired $2M - 4 - - 2 8M 974 3k 59 6M 117% - - - -

Incubators Y Combinator (#3)
Seed SV Angel (#2), AME Cloud Ventures (#1)
Series A/B IDG ventures (#1), Microsoft Ventures (#1)
Series C+ Sequoia Capital (#1), Star Ventures (#1)
Followap Nov - 2006
Acq by Neustar for $139M
$16M - Series A
SendBird (2013, San Francisco, $16.1M)
$7M - Series A
OneSignal (2014, San Francisco, $9.3M)
$15M - Series B
$3M - Series A
Series B
$4.5M - Seed
Projector (2014, San Francisco, $4.5M)
$120k - Seed
SendBird (2013, San Francisco, $16.1M)
$228k - Seed
Notificare (2012, Rotterdam, $228k)
$1M - Seed
$2M - Seed
OneSignal (2014, San Francisco, $9.3M)
$185k - Seed
Apptimate (2011, Lund, $185k)
Dec 2017 Communications Startup Brings In $1 Million, NewsCenter
Dec 2017
Zingle Teams with TripAdvisor to Automate Hospitality
Reviews Via Text , PRWeb
Nov 2017
Pusher launches Chatkit to make it easy for developers to
add chat functionality, TechCrunch
Sep 2017 Layer Successfully Achieves HIPAA Compliance, 4-Traders
Aug 2017
OneSignal Push Notifications Startup Get’s Seed Funding
From Rakuten Ventures, TimeOdd
Mar 2017
Applozic wants to be the white-labelled WhatsApp for
developers and enterprises , Indiatimes
Feb 2017
Customer messaging startup Layer closes $15M round, buys
startup Cola, SiliconAngle
Jan 2017
This startup is a white-label WhatsApp that lets enterprises
build their own private chat channels, E27
Dec 2014 Digital Future Has Invested $ 50,000 In Jeapie, Digital Future
News
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
$0k
$20M
$40M
$60M
$80M
$100M
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
YoY Funding Rounds
1
3
10
22
42
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
CPaaS > P2P > Messaging: Market Factsheet
Market: Messaging
51
Exits
Recent Investments
Companies providing
communication API's for P2P
messaging
Symphonycom
(2012, London, $66M)
Layer
Intercasting
(2004, San Diego, $17.5M)
Followap
(1999, New York City, $14M)
OneSignal
Top Companies

CPaaS > P2P > Messaging: Top Companies
Market: Messaging
Analyst’s Pick
Minicorn. Stage: Series B
Greycroft Partners, Microsoft Ventures, Salesforce
Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut, Bonfire
Ventures
AppLozic (2015, Bangalore)
Developer tool kit for integration of messaging
feature in web/mobile apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded

53
CPaaS > P2P > Messaging: Leaderboard
Market: Messaging
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Foun
ded
Year
App
Rating
App
UX
Web
UX
News
Web
Traffic
Rank
Social
Follow
ing
Mobile
Downl
oads
# App
Revie
ws
Web Traffic
Rank
Mobile
Downloads
Social
Following
Δ % Δ % Δ %
5.0 OneSignal 2014
San
Francisco
Series A $9M - 4 - - 3 5k 21 34.6M 89.5k 2k 30% 16.9k 18% - -
4.9 Chatwing 2012 Las Vegas Unfunded - - 4 3 3 - 115k 16k 106k 911 25k 28% 86 11% - -
4.7 Pusher 2010 London Seed $1M - 4 - - 2 60k 9.8k 300 4 13k 26% 1 33% 239 3%
4.6 TeamChat 2013 Mumbai Unfunded - - 4 - - - 1.9M 734 30k 480 83k 5% 9 2% -5 -1%
4.4 AppLozic 2015 Bangalore Unfunded - - 5 - - 2 353k 2.7k 2k 26 29k 9% 4 18% -61 -2%
4.3 Hipmob 2012 Palo Alto Acquired $120K - 3 - - 1 7.6M 360 300 3 4M 83% - - -2 -1%
4.2 IDT messaging 2010 Burlingame Acquired $3M - 4 - - - 10M 42 4k 67 - - - - -1 -2%
4.0 Syncapp 2016 Irving Unfunded - - 5 5 3 - 10M 32 30k 370 - - 115 45% 6 21%
3.9 Boxcar 2009 Kansas Acquired $211K - 5 - - - 932k 15k - 208 -6k -1% - - -1000 -6%
3.8 Jivochat 2012 Moscow Unfunded - - 4 - - - 144k - 303k 2.9k 27k 22% 953 52% - -
3.6 PlaceUs 2010 Palo Alto Seed $750K - 4 - - - 10M 12 31k 191 -1.7M -9% - - 1 9%
3.5 Zingle 2009 Carlsbad Series A $4M - 3 - - 2 519k 1.6k 660 12 -115k -18% - - -16 -1%
3.3 Jeapie 2013 Kyiv Acquired $50K - 4 - - 1 10M 112 3k 67 - - - - -4 -4%
3.2 Buddycloud 2008 Berlin Unfunded - - 4 - - - 5.1M 845 3k 22 2M 38% - - -14 -2%
3.1 Notificare 2012 Rotterdam Seed $228K - 3 - - - 4.2M 328 30 1 - - - - - -

Incubators DG Incubation (#1), UpWest Labs (#1)
Seed Social Capital (#2), Tekes (#1)
Series A/B Prime Ventures (#2), Lowland Capital Partners (#2)
Series C+
MySQUAR Jul - 2015
IPO'd
Seed
Flo (2015, Mumbai, $150k)
$28.2M - Series A
$4M - Series A
VentureApp (2015, Boston, $6M)
$750k - Seed
DabKick (2012, Redwood City, $750k)
$6.7M - Series B
Jongla (2012, Helsinki, $16.4M)
$795k - Seed
$214k - Equity Crowdfunding
MondeApp (2014, Barcelona, $446k)
Angel
AppU2 (2015, San Francisco)
$150k - Angel
$1.7M - Seed
Charge Messenger (2013, San
Francisco, $1.7M)
$2M - Series A
Invi (2012, Palo Alto, $5.8M)
Feb 2018
Invi’s SMS Replacement App For Android Exits Beta, Still
Dreaming Big, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Chirp and EDF Energy team up on power station
connectivity project, zahirnews.com
Jan 2018
MySQUAR Responds To Reports Of Discussions With China's
Tencent, Morningstar
Dec 2017
Open Garden wants to give you tokens for sharing your
internet connection, Technology News Article
Dec 2017
MySQUAR finalises deal to distribute games in 30 markets,
Digital Look
Nov 2017
MySQUAR sees revenues jump in busy year Share , Proactive
Investors
Nov 2017
Plynk launches money-messaging app at Web Summit, The
Irish Times
Oct 2017
MySQUAR Signs WiFi Partnership Agreement With Myanmar
Railways, London South East
Oct 2017 Dublin fintech startup Plynk to create 40 jobs, Sync NI
Sep 2017
TC Infotech will develop industry solutions using Chirp’s
‘data over sound’ tech, CyberMedia India Online
Sep 2017
Chirp Appoints Marco Carvalho EVP of Americas and Chief
Strategy Officer to Strengthen US Presence, GlobeNewswire
Aug 2017 Plynk Partnering With US Firm Jumio, Business Plus
Aug 2017
Instant messaging platform Flochat secures funds from
iSquare Global, VCCircle
Jul 2017
Nrby Appoints Alla Berina, Cable Industry Executive, to Head
Sales of Pioneering Workforce Collaboration Company,
Business Wire
News
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
$0k
$5M
$10M
$15M
$20M
$25M
$30M
$35M
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
YoY Funding Rounds
1
1
9
37
160
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Messaging > Generic > Multimedia > Horizontal: Market Factsheet
Market: Horizontal
54
Exits
Recent Investments
Apps that support popular
messaging formats like photo,
audio, and video
Plynk
(2015, Dublin, $29M)
Jongla
(2012, Helsinki, $16.4M)
eBuddy
(2003, Amsterdam, $16M)
eBuddy
(2003, Amsterdam, $15.9M)
Top Companies
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Market: Horizontal

Messaging > Generic > Multimedia > Horizontal: Top Companies
Market: Horizontal
Analyst’s Pick
Money messenger app
Messaging app for businesses
Editor's Pick. Stage: Series A
Boston Seed Capital, FULLSTACK, Ryan Moore,
Accomplice
Social chat app
Editor's Pick. Stage: Public
Yonder & Beyond, Bell Pottinger, Pix Vine Capital
Emu (2012, Palo Alto, $1.5M)
Text messaging app with assistant
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
KPCB, TriplePoint Capital, Menlo Ventures, DFJ
AI-based instant messaging and concierge app
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
Analyst’s Pick
Beluga (2010, Palo Alto)
Group messaging app
Zalo (2012, Ho Chi Minh City)
Messaging and chat app

56
Messaging > Generic > Multimedia > Horizontal: Leaderboard
Market: Horizontal
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Foun
ded
Year
App
Rating
App
UX
Web
UX
News
Web
Traffic
Rank
Social
Follow
ing
Mobile
Downl
oads
# App
Revie
ws
Web Traffic
Rank
Mobile
Downloads
Social
Following
Δ % Δ % Δ %
5.0 Flo 2015 Mumbai Seed $150K - 4 - 2 2 2.2M 909 300k 4.2k - - 781 23% 598 206%
5.0 MySQUAR 2013 Yangon Public $3M - 4 - - 19 3.7M 684 1.2M 19.2k 3M 272% 3.1k 19% 117 20%
4.9 VentureApp 2015 Boston Series A $6M - - 5 5 2 2.6M 3.2k - - 2M 359% - - 318 11%
4.9 eBuddy 2003 Amsterdam Series B $16M - 4 - - - 2.9M 15k 7.5M 56.8k 2M 89% 24 - - -
4.8 Omlet 2013
Mountain
View
Funded - - 4 - - - 239k 2.6k 37.6M
152.3
k
-58k -19% 52.5k 54% 136 6%
4.8 Plynk 2015 Dublin Series A $29M - - 3 3 4 4.3M 793 - - - - 2 2% 135 20%
4.8 OpenGarden 2011
San
Francisco
Series A $13M - 4 - - 4 657k 17k 6.5M 61.5k 65k 11% 2.9k 6% - -
4.7 Invi 2012 Palo Alto Series A $6M - 4 - - 1 8.2M 466 375k 5.3k 5M 111% 134 15% 21 4%
4.7 DabKick 2012
Redwood
City
Seed $750K - 4 - - 3 5.1M 4.6k 300k 2.1k 3M 71% 14 1% -185 -4%
4.7 Chirp 2011 London Seed $1M - 4 - - 7 1.7M 17 78k 1.5k 350k 33% 9 36% 5 38%
4.6 Jongla 2012 Helsinki Series B $16M - 4 - - 1 4.6M 1.2k 3M 27.7k 2M 44% 269 1% -6 -1%
4.6 4talk 2014 Moscow Funded - - 4 4 4 - 10M 83 300k 4.8k - - 13 - -2 -3%
4.5
CubaMessenge
r
2017 Quito Unfunded - - 4 3 - - 430k 86 750k 15.1k - - 2.7k 22% 26 41%
4.5 TeleTxt 2014
Bowmanvill
e
Unfunded - - 4 4 4 - - 65 30k 409 - - 18 5% 4 6%
4.5 Mood 2015 Marseille Funded - - 5 - - - 2.9M 153 3.8M 77.4k - - 19.1k 33% - -1%

Market: Privacy focused
57
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Market: Privacy focused
Companies Created 43 | Funded 7 | Total Funding $86.1M

Market: Emojis and Stickers
60
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Market: Emojis and Stickers

Market: Calling
63
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Market: Calling

Market: Calling

Market: Horizontal
66
#1 Top Markets of Early Stage Investors

Market: Horizontal

Market: Video
69
Mobile Communication > Market Details > Market: Video

Market: Video

Public Companies
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Notable Acquisitions
Top Acquirers
Acqui-hires

Public companies (1/2)
74
Performance indicators of public companies in Mobile Communication
IPO Date Company
Current
MCap
IPO
Mcap
Revenue P/E
Exchange
Ticker
Nov 2017
Bandwidth (1999, Raleigh)
$352M BAND
Jul 2017
Kakao Talk (2010, Seongnam-si)
35720
Mar 2017
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles)
Real-time ephemeral messaging service with a timer
SNAP
Jul 2016
Line (2011, Tokyo)
LN
Jun 2016
Twilio (2007, San Francisco)
$1.2B TWLO
Jun 2016
HearMeOut (2012, Tel Aviv)
$9.7M HMO
May 2016
Hello Pal (2013, Hong Kong)
Messaging app for different languages
HP
Jul 2015
MySQUAR (2013, Yangon)
Social chat app
$29M MYSQ
Jun 2015
Norwood Systems (2011, Nedlands)
Cost-effective mobile roaming voice, messaging and data services
provider
NOR
Dec 2009
$5.6M GOK
Mobile Communication > Exit Outlook > Public Companies

Public companies (2/2)
75
Performance indicators of public companies in Mobile Communication
IPO Date Company
Current
MCap
IPO
Mcap
Revenue P/E
Exchange
Ticker
May 2006
Vonage (2001, Holmdel)
$2.6B VG
Nov 2004
Chunghwa Telecom Data Communication (1991, Taipei)
Cloud-based unified communication solutions provider
3516
NetTALK (2008, Miami)
CLX
LINKo
Mobile Communication > Exit Outlook > Public Companies

Notable Acquisitions (1/4)
76
Notable Acquisitions in Mobile Communication
Mobile Communication > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2017
Acquirer: Mara
Nimbuzz (2006, Rotterdam, $25M)
Cross-platform mobile calling and messaging app
Acquirer: Kik
Rounds (2009, Tel Aviv, $21.5M)
A mobile video calling application.
2016
Acquirer: Jinke Deal: $1.1B
Acquirer: CLX Communications
Deal: $117M
Acquirer: MeetMe Deal: $55M
Skout (2007, San Francisco, $26.6M)
Mobile dating and people discovery application
Acquirer: Vonage Deal: $230M
Cloud SMS API
Acquirer: Snapchat Deal: $100M
Bitstrips (2007, Toronto, $11M)
Emoji and sticker generation app
Bitmoji (2014, Toronto, $11M)
App for messaging with emojis
2015
Acquirer: Amazon
Biba (2012, San Francisco, $20M)
Mobile based business conferencing and messaging

77
2014
Acquirer: Yahoo
Cooliris (2008, San Francisco, $27.6M)
Mobile messaging solution provider for consumers
Acquirer: Facebook Deal: $21.8B
Acquirer: Rakuten Deal: $900M
2013
Acquirer: Genband Deal: $50M
Fring (2006, Bnei Brak, $30M)
Free mobile video calls, voice calls and live chat
2012
Acquirer: Telefonica
TokBox (2007, San Francisco, $26M)
WebRTC API & SDK's Provider

78
2011
Acquirer: Microsoft Deal: $8.5B
Acquirer: Skype Deal: $150M
2010
Acquirer: Qualcomm Innovation Center
iSkoot (2005, San Francisco, $32.2M)
Mobile VOIP calling service
Acquirer: Mail.Ru Deal: $188M
2009
Acquirer: Sabse Technologies
Jaxtr (2005, Menlo Park, $21.5M)
VOIP phone calls provider to mobile phones

79
Before 2008
Acquirer: America Online Deal: $850M
Bebo (2005, San Francisco, $15M)
Web Social Networking portal & social app
developer
Acquirer: Neustar Deal: $139M

Most Active Acquirers
80
Mobile Communication > Exit Outlook > Most Active Acquirers

Date Target
May-15 Tropo Acq by Cisco
May-15 Unicel Technologies Acq by mGage
Apr-15 Firstin Wireless Acq by Bionovelus
Apr-15 Reveal Chat Acq by Napster
Apr-15
Truth Acq by Global Cannabis
Applications
Mar-15 Nutmeg Acq by Giphy
Jan-15 Wala Acq by VIVAS
Jan-15 Tappy Acq by Tinder
Jan-15 Zip Phone Acq by Hike Messenger
Dec-14 Tiny Media Acq by Paltalk
Dec-14 UppTalk Acq by MasMovil
Dec-14 FireText Acq by CallFire
Nov-14 Relay Acq by Kik
Oct-14 LoveByte Acq by Migme
Acqui-hires (1/2)
81
List of Acqui-hires in Mobile Communication
Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Date Target
Feb-18 Monkey Acq by Holla
Dec-17 Fête Acq by Evite
Nov-17 Fluenty Acq by Samsung
Sep-17 APIdaze Acq by VoIP Innovations
Mar-17 Hipmob Acq by Conversocial
Mar-17 Imoji Acq by Giphy
Feb-17 Cola Acq by Layer
Feb-17 Beepsend Acq by Twilio
Dec-16 Sinch Acq by CLX Communications
Oct-16 Solutions Infini Acq by Ubiquity
Aug-16 TEL3 Acq by Next Group Holdings
Jun-16 Wand Labs Acq by Microsoft
Jun-16 SendHub Acq by Cameo Global
May-16 Onvoy Acq by GTCR
May-16 TalkShoe Acq by Iotum
Date Target
Mar-16
GlobeKeeper Acq by Golden River
Resources
Mar-16 Masquerade Acq by Facebook
Feb-16 Pie Acq by Google
Feb-16 Couple Acq by Life360
Jan-16 Cord Acq by Spotify
Jan-16 Alert Solutions Acq by SwiftReach
Dec-15 Talko Acq by Microsoft
Dec-15 Agile Telecom Acq by MailUp
Nov-15 Jeapie Acq by Mobify
Oct-15 PingTune Acq by Eros International
Aug-15 Waldo Acq by Life360
Jul-15 Talio Acq by Remitly
Jun-15 Leo Acq by Lyft
Jun-15 SMStrade Acq by CM Telecom
Mobile Communication > Exit Outlook > Acqui-hires

Date Target
Sep-09 Xumii Acq by Myriad Group
Jul-09 Jott Acq by Nuance Communications
May-09 Intercasting Acq by Good Technology
May-09 Heysan Acq by Good Technology
Nov-07 Fastmobile Acq by Blackberry
Jul-07 GrandCentral Acq by Google
Mar-01
Spotcast Communications Acq by Leap
Wireless
SkyMobius Acq by WhatsApp
Acqui-hires (2/2)
82
List of Acqui-hires in Mobile Communication
Date Target
Oct-14 Textlocal Acq by IMImobile
Oct-14 MessageMe Acq by Yahoo
Aug-14 Emu Acq by Google
Jun-14 Talkatone Acq by Ooma
Jun-14 AddLive Acq by Snapchat
May-14 Blink Acq by Yahoo
May-14 Kismet Acq by Yahoo
May-14 Cooltok Acq by Kirusa
Apr-14 IDT messaging Acq by IDT
Feb-14 PokeTALK Acq by Voxox
Jan-14 Push IO ® Acq by Responsys
Oct-13 Talk.co Acq by BranchOut
Aug-13 Plustxt Acq by One97 Communications
Jun-13 Rondee Acq by Yahoo
May-13 Mogreet Acq by payvia
Date Target
Feb-13 Cupple Acq by Couple
Jul-12 Boxcar Acq by Kwaga
Apr-12 Ditto Acq by Groupon
Mar-12 Yobongo Acq by Mixbook
Mar-12 HipChat Acq by Atlassian
Feb-12 RollCall Acq by StubHub
Jan-12 160by2 Acq by Way2online
Oct-11 ContentGuard Acq by Pendrell
Oct-11 Volly Acq by Location Labs
Aug-11 GroupMe Acq by Skype
May-11 3jam Acq by Skype
Mar-11 Beluga Acq by Facebook
Jan-11 SayNow Acq by Google
Feb-10 Construia Acq by Telenity
Nov-09 Gizmo5 Acq by Google
Mobile Communication > Exit Outlook > Acqui-hires
View all 81 Acqui-hired companies on Tracxn Platform

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Details on VC & PE Investors
Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage
Details on Top Ecosystem Players

Mobile Communication > Investors > Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
Index of Top Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Mobile Communication; Last 5 years (Feb 2013 - Jan 2018)
Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
GV (7 Investments)
Betaworks (6 Investments)
Greylock Partners (5 Investments)
Foundation Capital (4 Investments)
Greycroft Partners (4 Investments)
East Ventures (4 Investments)
KPCB (3 Investments)
Social Capital (3 Investments)
CrunchFund (3 Investments)
CyberAgent Ventures (3 Investments)
Microsoft Ventures (3 Investments)
Cherubic Ventures (3 Investments)
Eniac Ventures (3 Investments)
Social Starts (3 Investments)
EARLY STAGE
DCM Ventures (3 Investments)
General Catalyst Partners (2 Investments)
Horizons Ventures (2 Investments)
Shasta Ventures (2 Investments)
August Capital (2 Investments)
IDG ventures (2 Investments)
Rincon Venture Partners (2 Investments)
Lerer Hippeau Ventures (2 Investments)
IVP
Benchmark Capital
Accel Partners
Index Ventures
LATE STAGE
SoftBank Group (2 Investments)
IVP
General Atlantic
Glade Brook Capital
Social Capital
GIC
Spark Capital
Index Ventures
GV
GGV Capital
Comcast Ventures
Thrive Capital
Sherpa Capital

SV Angel
86
Portfolio in Mobile Communication | Exits | Funds Link | Website | LinkedIn | Twitter
Mobile Communication > Investors > SV Angel
People
Investments
[Unicorn] Kik (2009, Toronto, $121M, Series D)
Mobile messaging app with in-built browser
[Minicorn] Layer (2013, San Francisco, $37M, Series B)
[Minicorn] Confide (2013, New York City, $3.6M, Seed)
Mobile Communication Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Pinterest (2009, San Francisco, $1.5B, Series G)
Visual social bookmarking service
[Unicorn] Instacart (2012, San Francisco, $875M, Series E)
Marketplace for same-day grocery delivery
[Unicorn] Zenefits (2013, San Francisco, $584M, Series C)
SaaS HR Platform for SMBs
[Unicorn] Kabbage (2009, Atlanta, $491M, Series F)
Working capital financing for small businesses.
[Unicorn] Stripe (2010, San Francisco, $473M, Series D)
Web & Mobile Payments for Developers
[Unicorn] Credit Karma (2007, San Francisco, $370M, Series D)
Aggregator of various consumer financial products.
[Unicorn] Opendoor (2014, San Francisco, $356M, Series D)
Residential re-selling solution provider.
[Unicorn] Casper (2014, New York City, $240M, Series C)
Online direct-to-consumer mattress brand
[Unicorn] Okta (2009, San Francisco, $230M, Public)
MFA & SSO-based cloud identity and mobility management and CIAM
platform
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Ron Conway
Founder & Co-
Managing Partner
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Feb 2018
Snapchat adds GIF stickers via Giphy, plus new Friends
and Discover screen tabs, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Instagram Direct one-ups Snapchat with replay privacy
controls, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Report: More Than 50,000 Snapchat Users Phished,
TexasTechPulse
Feb 2018
Snap Downgraded To 'Sell' Following 1.2M-Strong
Petition To Kill Snapchat App Update, Forbes
Feb 2018
Snapchat Opens A Store–And Takes Aim At A Trillion-
Dollar Industry, Co.Design
Feb 2018
Snapchat is selling more than just crappy merch,
Engadget
Feb 2018
Snapchat Redesign A Reminder Celebs Aren’t Your
Friends: CEO, Android Headlines
Feb 2018
Online Petition Calls For a Rollback on Snapchat's Latest
Update, TechKenyot
Feb 2018
Snap reveals its plan to lure influencers back from
Instagram , thestar.com.my
Feb 2018
Snapchat introduces audience insights for creators,
Mobile Marketing Magazine
TokBox
Acq by Telefonica - Oct 2012
Snapchat
(2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
IPO - Mar 2017
Twilio
IPO - Jun 2016
3 3
1 1
5
5
3
1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Follow On New Investments
1
2
1
4
14
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed21
1
-
-
-
US
Canada

GV
87
Mobile Communication > Investors > GV
People
Investments
[Unicorn] Slack (2009, San Francisco, $841M, Series G)
Real-time messaging, archiving and search for enterprise teams.
[Minicorn] Confide (2013, New York City, $3.6M, Seed)
[Unicorn] Uber (2009, San Francisco, $23.7B, Series G)
Mobile app that connects passengers with vehicle drivers for hire
[Unicorn] Grail Bio (2016, Menlo Park, $1.3B, Series B)
Pan-cancer blood screening for circulating tumor DNA
[Unicorn] Cloudera (2008, Palo Alto, $1B, Public)
Commercialised versions of Hadoop distributions
[Unicorn] DocuSign (2003, San Francisco, $522M, Series F)
Digital Transaction Management Tool
[Unicorn] 23andMe (2006, Mountain View, $491M, Series F)
A human genome research company enabling customers to study their
ancestry, genealogy, and inherited traits.
[Unicorn] Carbon3D (2013, Redwood City, $422M, Series D)
CLIP technology based 3D Printer
[Unicorn] Denali Therapeutics (2015, San Francisco, $347M,
Public)
Therapies for patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS.
[Unicorn] Clover Health (2014, San Francisco, $325M, Series D)
Healthcare insurance for senior citizens
[Unicorn] Nextdoor (2010, San Francisco, $285M, Series G)
Private social network for neighborhoods
Top Exits
David Krane
CEO & Managing
Partner
Feb 2018
Slack adds Edith Cooper to board of directors, Tech News
Universe
Feb 2018
Slack names Allen Shim as company’s first CFO,
TechCrunch
Jan 2018
Slack is latest major service to drop standalone Apple
Watch app, AppleInsider
Jan 2018
Slack adds Target, BBC, E*Trade as clients in enterprise
push, Reuters
Jan 2018
Transforming IT Through AI-Driven Automation, Astound
Launches and Announces $11.5 Million in Funding, PR
Newswire
Jan 2018
Messaging startup Slack browsing Denver office space,
BusinessDen
Dec 2017
Collaboration trends 2018: Expect Microsoft Teams to
gain ground, enterprises to embrace group chat,
Techworld
Dec 2017
Collaborative Marketing Solutions LLC Announces an
Integrated Meeting Solution for Slack, Exhibitor
None
1 1 11
3
5
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2
1
1
-
8
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed12
-
-
-
-
US

Betaworks
88
Mobile Communication > Investors > Betaworks
People
Investments
[Soonicorn] Giphy (2012, New York City, $152M, Series D)
GIF search engine; GIF creation and sharing app
[Soonicorn] Medium (2012, San Francisco, $132M, Series C)
Web blog-publishing platform
[Soonicorn] Chain (2014, San Francisco, $43.7M, Series B)
Designing blockchain applications for organizations
[Soonicorn] IFTTT (2010, San Francisco, $39M, Series B)
Enables users to connect different web and mobile applications to
automate the workflow
[Soonicorn] Kickstarter (2009, Brooklyn, $10M, Series B)
Creative project funding
[Minicorn] Ubermedia (2010, Pasadena, $34.6M, Series B)
Location based mobile audience platform
[Minicorn] Everlane (2010, San Francisco, $18M, Series A)
Vertically integrated luxury clothing design
[Minicorn] StockTwits (2008, San Diego, $13.3M, Series C)
Communication platform for the trading and investment community
[Minicorn] Against Gravity (2016, Seattle, $5M, Seed)
VR-based social gaming platform developer
[Minicorn] Poncho (2013, New York City, $4.4M, Seed)
Chatbot which delivers weather forecast
[Minicorn] Upclose (2015, Madrid, $2M, Seed)
Live video broadcasting app, Developed by Betaworks
Top Exits
Poojitha Preena
Co-founder, Investor
& Advisor
John Borthwick
CEO
Feb 2018
Family App Life360 Acquires Couple, A Private Messaging
App For Two, TechCrunch
Nov 2017
GroupM's MediaCom Retains New Business Crown
Through Q3, MediaPost
Aug 2017
MojiLaLa, the sticker marketplace, lands $1.5M seed
round from Great Oaks, betaworks, TechCrunch
Sep 2016
Hack for the environment at the Disrupt SF Hackathon,
TechCrunch
Aug 2016
First round of Disrupt SF Hackathon tickets now
available, TechCrunch
Jul 2016 Top tech investors turned into emoji, TechCrunch
Jun 2016
How Brexit is going to impact UK’s economy and its trade
relations with the world, YourStory Media
May 2016
Dark Sky's 'scarily precise' weather forecasts are finally
on Android, Mashable
Oct 2015 Sochat Secures $2m in Seed Funding, FinSMEs
None
1 1 1
2
1 1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
-
-
-
1
9
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed9
1
-
-
-
US
Israel

Greylock Partners
89
Mobile Communication > Investors > Greylock Partners

Foundation Capital
90
Mobile Communication > Investors > Foundation Capital

Greycroft Partners
91
Mobile Communication > Investors > Greycroft Partners

East Ventures
92
Mobile Communication > Investors > East Ventures

KPCB
93
Mobile Communication > Investors > KPCB

Social Capital
94
Mobile Communication > Investors > Social Capital

CrunchFund
95
Mobile Communication > Investors > CrunchFund

CyberAgent Ventures
96
Mobile Communication > Investors > CyberAgent Ventures

Microsoft Ventures
97
Mobile Communication > Investors > Microsoft Ventures

Cherubic Ventures
98
Mobile Communication > Investors > Cherubic Ventures

Eniac Ventures
99
Mobile Communication > Investors > Eniac Ventures

Social Starts
100
Mobile Communication > Investors > Social Starts

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101
Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage

DCM Ventures
102
Mobile Communication > Investors > DCM Ventures

KPCB
103

Sequoia Capital
104
Mobile Communication > Investors > Sequoia Capital

General Catalyst Partners
105
Mobile Communication > Investors > General Catalyst Partners

SV Angel
106
Mobile Communication > Investors > SV Angel

Horizons Ventures
107
Mobile Communication > Investors > Horizons Ventures

Shasta Ventures
108
Mobile Communication > Investors > Shasta Ventures

August Capital
109
Mobile Communication > Investors > August Capital

IDG ventures
110
Mobile Communication > Investors > IDG ventures

Rincon Venture Partners
111
Mobile Communication > Investors > Rincon Venture Partners

Lerer Hippeau Ventures
112
Mobile Communication > Investors > Lerer Hippeau Ventures

IVP
113
Mobile Communication > Investors > IVP

Benchmark Capital
114
Mobile Communication > Investors > Benchmark Capital

Accel Partners
115
Mobile Communication > Investors > Accel Partners

Index Ventures
116
Mobile Communication > Investors > Index Ventures

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Investors
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117
Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage

KPCB
118

Sequoia Capital
119
Mobile Communication > Investors > Sequoia Capital

SoftBank Group
120
Mobile Communication > Investors > SoftBank Group

IVP
121
Mobile Communication > Investors > IVP

General Atlantic
122
Mobile Communication > Investors > General Atlantic

Glade Brook Capital
123
Mobile Communication > Investors > Glade Brook Capital

Social Capital
124
Mobile Communication > Investors > Social Capital

GIC
125
Mobile Communication > Investors > GIC

Spark Capital
126
Mobile Communication > Investors > Spark Capital

Index Ventures
127
Mobile Communication > Investors > Index Ventures

GV
128
Mobile Communication > Investors > GV

GGV Capital
129
Mobile Communication > Investors > GGV Capital

Comcast Ventures
130
Mobile Communication > Investors > Comcast Ventures

Thrive Capital
131
Mobile Communication > Investors > Thrive Capital

Sherpa Capital
132
Mobile Communication > Investors > Sherpa Capital

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133
Incubators
Other Notable Investors
Debt Investors

Mobile Communication > Investors > Index of Ecosystem Investors
Index of Top Ecosystem Investors in Mobile Communication; Q1 2013 - Q0 2018
Index of Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR
500 Startups (13 Investments)
Y Combinator (11 Investments)
Techstars (7 Investments)
DG Incubation (3 Investments)
Dreamit (3 Investments)
Incubate Fund (3 Investments)
SOSV (3 Investments)
FF Venture Capital (2 Investments)
FuturePlay (2 Investments)
The Brandery
Clearstone Venture Partners
GrowthUP
Global Venture Alliance
Inmaginator
Jumpstart
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
Kima Ventures (6 Investments)
Accomplice (4 Investments)
FundersClub (4 Investments)
Crowdcube (3 Investments)
Facebook (3 Investments)
NFX Guild (3 Investments)
Slow Ventures (3 Investments)
Tencent (3 Investments)
Wayra (3 Investments)
Amazon (2 Investments)
CME Group (2 Investments)
Fidelity Investments (2 Investments)
Lerer Hippeau Ventures (2 Investments)
Plug and Play Tech Center (2 Investments)
Salesforce (2 Investments)
DEBT INVESTORS
Silicon Valley Bank

500 Startups
135
Mobile Communication > Investors > 500 Startups
People
Investments
[Soonicorn] Life360 (2008, San Francisco, $89.7M, Series C)
Mobile app that connects family members and close friends
[Minicorn] Eko Communications (2012, Bangkok, $8.7M,
Series A)
[Unicorn] Grab (2012, Singapore, $3.4B, Series G)
Taxi Booking App
[Unicorn] Credit Karma (2007, San Francisco, $370M, Series D)
Aggregator of various consumer financial products.
[Unicorn] Canva (2012, Surry Hills, $82.6M, Series B)
Online design platform
[Soonicorn] Udemy (2010, San Francisco, $173M, Series D)
Marketplace for online courses
[Soonicorn] Smule (2008, San Francisco, $144M, Series F)
Developer of social music-making & sharing apps
[Soonicorn] Intercom (2011, San Francisco, $116M, Series D)
Customer communication and Retention Platform
[Soonicorn] Ipsy (2011, San Mateo, $107M, Series B)
Subscription for beauty products
[Soonicorn] VTS (2011, New York City, $87.8M, Series C)
Leasing and asset management software for brokers, investors &
owners.
[Soonicorn] Carousell (2012, Singapore, $87.1M, Series C)
P2P mobile marketplace for garage sale
[Soonicorn] SendGrid (2009, Boulder, $80.5M, Public)
Email delivery and analytics
Top Exits
Dave McClure
Founder, Partner
Feb 2018
Twilio will soon launch Flex, a dedicated contact center
solution, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Twilio Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017
Results, Business Wire
Feb 2018
Twilio Welcomes Ron Huddleston as Chief Partners
Officer, Euroinvestor
Feb 2018
Edovo, a startup that provides tablet-based education to
incarcerated people, snags some funding, TechCrunch
Jan 2018
Twilio Welcomes Sara Varni as Chief Marketing Officer,
GlobeNewswire
Nov 2017
National Debt Relief Selects Twilio to Replace Legacy
Contact Center, Marketwired
Nov 2017
Twilio Announces Third Quarter 2017 Results, Business
Wire
Nov 2017
Twilio Welcomes Andreas Wienold as first Director of
DACH Region, Sector Publishing Intelligence
Nov 2017 Twilio To Create 100 Jobs For Dublin, Business World
Twilio
IPO - Jun 2016
2 2
1
3
2
1
2
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
3
-
1
3
10
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed9
2
2
2
1
US
SEA
South Korea
Europe
Japan

Y Combinator
136
Mobile Communication > Investors > Y Combinator
People
Investments
[Minicorn] MessageBird (2011, Amsterdam, $60.1M, Series A)
[Minicorn] Shift Messenger (2014, San Francisco, $1.6M, Seed)
[Editor's Pick] SendBird (2013, San Francisco, $16.1M,
Deadpooled)
Messaging and chat API/SDK
[Unicorn] Airbnb (2008, San Francisco, $3.4B, Series F)
Marketplace for vacation rental accommodations
[Unicorn] Instacart (2012, San Francisco, $875M, Series E)
Marketplace for same-day grocery delivery
[Unicorn] Dropbox (2007, San Francisco, $607M, Series C)
Cloud-based file sharing and synchronization software
[Unicorn] Zenefits (2013, San Francisco, $584M, Series C)
SaaS HR Platform for SMBs
[Unicorn] Ginkgo Bioworks (2008, Boston, $429M, Series D)
Designs microbes to produce cultured ingredients
[Unicorn] MZ (Machine Zone) (2008, Palo Alto, $263M, Series B)
Mobile game developer
[Unicorn] Docker (2008, San Francisco, $243M, Series E)
LXC based OS-level virtualization technology and PaaS
[Unicorn] Coinbase (2012, San Francisco, $217M, Series D)
Digital currency exchange & wallet provider
Top Exits
Michael Seibel
CEO
Feb 2018
Family App Life360 Acquires Couple, A Private Messaging
App For Two, TechCrunch
Dec 2017
Sendbird raises another $16M to help developers add
chat functions to a service, mmotimes.com
Oct 2017
MessageBird, a European cloud comms platform that
competes with Twilio, raises $60M Series A ,
mmotimes.com
Aug 2017
OneSignal Push Notifications Startup Get’s Seed Funding
From Rakuten Ventures, TimeOdd
Mar 2017
Conversocial buys live chat and in-app messaging startup
HipMob to bolster customer care platform, TechCrunch
Feb 2017
Toymail adds an app store for its cuddly mobiles for kids,
iTech2
Jan 2017
OneSignal Grabs $2M To Make Push Notifications Less
Annoying, modaride.com
Nov 2016
Guggy Produces GIFs With Context, API Available for
Developers, Tech Cocktail
Jul 2016
MessageBird, a profitable rival to Twilio from Europe,
introduces support for chat apps, TechCrunch
None
2
6
1
3 3 3
1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
-
-
-
-
20
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed16
2
1
1
-
US
Canada
Europe
Israel

Techstars
137
Mobile Communication > Investors > Techstars
People
Investments
[Editor's Pick] SendBird (2013, San Francisco, $16.1M,
Deadpooled)
Messaging and chat API/SDK
[Unicorn] Uber (2009, San Francisco, $23.7B, Series G)
Mobile app that connects passengers with vehicle drivers for hire
[Soonicorn] Remitly (2011, Seattle, $227M, Series D)
Cross-border money transfer using banking networks.
[Soonicorn] ClassPass (2011, New York City, $154M, Series C)
Membership programs for fitness classes across multiple gyms
[Soonicorn] DataRobot (2012, Boston, $125M, Series C)
Automated machine learning platform for data science applications
[Soonicorn] DigitalOcean (2011, New York City, $124M, Series
B)
SSD cloud hosting
[Soonicorn] Placester (2008, Cambridge, $101M, Series D)
Real Estate Marketing platform
[Soonicorn] Sphero (2010, Boulder, $95.5M, Series D)
Smartphone controlled robotic gaming toy for kids
[Soonicorn] PillPack (2013, Boston, $93.9M, Series D)
Periodic delivery of Medications - Subscription based
[Soonicorn] Leanplum (2012, San Francisco, $93.2M, Series D)
Mobile A/B testing, personalization & analytics platform
[Soonicorn] SendGrid (2009, Boulder, $80.5M, Public)
Email delivery and analytics
[Soonicorn] Threat Stack (2012, Massachusetts, $72.2M, Series
C)
Continuous monitoring & security of workloads running in AWS
Top Exits
Brad Feld
Co-Founder
David Brown
Co-Founder and co-
CEO
David Cohen
Founder and co-CEO
Feb 2018
Twilio will soon launch Flex, a dedicated contact center
solution, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Twilio Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017
Results, Business Wire
Feb 2018
Twilio Welcomes Ron Huddleston as Chief Partners
Officer, Euroinvestor
Feb 2018
Edovo, a startup that provides tablet-based education to
incarcerated people, snags some funding, TechCrunch
Jan 2018
Twilio Welcomes Sara Varni as Chief Marketing Officer,
GlobeNewswire
Nov 2017
National Debt Relief Selects Twilio to Replace Legacy
Contact Center, Marketwired
Nov 2017
Twilio Announces Third Quarter 2017 Results, Business
Wire
Nov 2017
Twilio Welcomes Andreas Wienold as first Director of
DACH Region, Sector Publishing Intelligence
Nov 2017 Twilio To Create 100 Jobs For Dublin, Business World
Twilio
IPO - Jun 2016
1 1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
6
-
-
-
2
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed8
-
-
-
-
US

DG Incubation
138
Mobile Communication > Investors > DG Incubation

Dreamit
139
Mobile Communication > Investors > Dreamit

Incubate Fund
140
Mobile Communication > Investors > Incubate Fund

SOSV
141
Mobile Communication > Investors > SOSV

FF Venture Capital
142
Mobile Communication > Investors > FF Venture Capital

Clearstone Venture Partners
143
Mobile Communication > Investors > Clearstone Venture Partners

Jumpstart
144
Mobile Communication > Investors > Jumpstart

Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
145
Incubators
Debt Investors

Kima Ventures
146
Mobile Communication > Investors > Kima Ventures

Accomplice
147
Mobile Communication > Investors > Accomplice

FundersClub
148
Mobile Communication > Investors > FundersClub

Crowdcube
149
Mobile Communication > Investors > Crowdcube

Facebook
150
Mobile Communication > Investors > Facebook

NFX Guild
151
Mobile Communication > Investors > NFX Guild

Slow Ventures
152
Mobile Communication > Investors > Slow Ventures

Tencent
153
Mobile Communication > Investors > Tencent

Wayra
154
Mobile Communication > Investors > Wayra

Amazon
155
Mobile Communication > Investors > Amazon

CME Group
156
Mobile Communication > Investors > CME Group

Fidelity Investments
157
Mobile Communication > Investors > Fidelity Investments

Lerer Hippeau Ventures
158
Mobile Communication > Investors > Lerer Hippeau Ventures

Plug and Play Tech Center
159
Mobile Communication > Investors > Plug and Play Tech Center

Salesforce
160
Mobile Communication > Investors > Salesforce

Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
161
Incubators
Debt Investors

162
Mobile Communication > Investors > Lighthouse Capital Partners

Silicon Valley Bank
163
Mobile Communication > Investors > Silicon Valley Bank

Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Key Markets
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
164
Recent News

Recent News (1/2)
166
Mobile Communication > News > Recent News
Feb 2018 WhatsApp For Android Gets Group Description Feature, Ubergizmo
Feb 2018 Line TV aims to top online video platform this year, Bangkok Post
Feb 2018
New WhatsApp update comes in for Windows phone 2.18.24 on
Stickers but still in beta, TechGenYZ
Feb 2018
Snapchat adds GIF stickers via Giphy, plus new Friends and
Discover screen tabs, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Enterprise CPaaS spend set to quadruple to $6.7bn by 2022,
estimates Juniper Research, ACN Newswire
Feb 2018
Instagram Direct one-ups Snapchat with replay privacy controls,
TechCrunch
Feb 2018 Report: More Than 50,000 Snapchat Users Phished, TexasTechPulse
Feb 2018
Snap Downgraded To 'Sell' Following 1.2M-Strong Petition To Kill
Snapchat App Update, Forbes
Feb 2018
Connie Rheams Takes On Executive Role at Beekeeper, Hospitality
Net
Feb 2018 Cashless Options Rise in Asia, FInews Asia
Feb 2018
Nike teamed up with Snap and Darkstore to pre-release Air Jordan
III ‘Tinker’ shoes on Snapchat, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
WhatsApp's 'delete for everyone' feature has a major flaw, Diligent
Media Corporation
Feb 2018
Snapchat Opens A Store–And Takes Aim At A Trillion-Dollar
Industry, Co.Design
Feb 2018 Snapchat is selling more than just crappy merch, Engadget
Feb 2018
CLX Communications & DeviceRadio Partner to Simplify Production
& Launch of IoT devices, GlobeNewswire
Feb 2018
Paytm Triggers A Wallet War With Whatsapp; Calls It A Security
Risk & Facebook As Evil!, Trak in
Feb 2018 Quoted WhatsApp Messages Cannot Be Deleted, Phoneworld
Feb 2018
Twilio will soon launch Flex, a dedicated contact center solution,
TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Snapchat Redesign A Reminder Celebs Aren’t Your Friends: CEO,
Android Headlines
Feb 2018
Clx Communications Ab (Publ): Changes In The Nomination
Committee, GlobeNewswire
Feb 2018
Facebook Messenger Kids now available for Android devices,
thestar.com.my
Feb 2018
Online Petition Calls For a Rollback on Snapchat's Latest Update,
TechKenyot
Feb 2018
Experts say Messenger Kids received funding from Facebook,
Indiatimes
Feb 2018 Slack adds Edith Cooper to board of directors, Tech News Universe
Feb 2018
Vonage Names Ken McMahon Senior Vice President of Client
Operations, PR Newswire
Feb 2018
Snap reveals its plan to lure influencers back from Instagram ,
thestar.com.my

Recent News (2/2)
167
Mobile Communication > News > Recent News
Feb 2018
Chat app Kakao’s games business lands $130M from Tencent and
others ahead of IPO, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Snapchat introduces audience insights for creators, Mobile Marketing
Magazine
Feb 2018
WeChat Pay to launch promotions for Chinese outbound tourists
during Chinese Lunar New Year, PR Newswire
Feb 2018
Snapchat emerges as key player for high ROIs in mobile marketing
on iOS, Pocker Gamer
Feb 2018 WhatsApp for iPhone gets brand new features, PrimeFeed
Feb 2018 Bolton-based Telesis acquires Manchester telecoms company, Bdaily
Feb 2018 Google Introduces AMP Stories Format, Fsm News
Feb 2018 Users lash out at Snapchat over radical redesign, New York Post
Feb 2018
Vonage Launches SD-WAN for SMBs, 'Focused Around QoS', Channel
Partners Online
Feb 2018 Hike Partners Ola For Taxi-Booking Through Its App, News18
Feb 2018
Snap opens up marketing API to appeal to broader set of
advertisers, The Drum
Feb 2018
Another one gone: VP of Sales Jeff Lucas leaves Snapchat after two
years, Mobyaffiliates
Feb 2018
Kaspersky says telegram flaw used for cryptocurrency mining,
Livemint
Feb 2018
WhatsApp working on GDPR data privacy option for users,
Indiatimes
Feb 2018
Life360 Adds Brit Morin, CEO of Brit + Co to Board, Ariana
Hellebuyck as VP of Marketing to Reach More Families, Business Wire
Feb 2018
Twilio Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Results,
Business Wire
Feb 2018
AxisPoint Health Taps mPulse Mobile for Engagement Tools to
Further Activate Health Plan Members in Their Care, Business Wire
Feb 2018
GINSMS Announces Financial Results for the Three and Twelve
Months Ended December 31, 2017 and Provides Financial Forecasts
for Year 2018, GlobeNewswire
Feb 2018
How These 3 Tech Companies Revamped Their Products to Improve
the Customer Experience, Adweek
Feb 2018
WhatsApp for iOS gets voice-to-video toggle, mentions feature for
group chats, bgr.in
Feb 2018
Family App Life360 Acquires Couple, A Private Messaging App For
Two, TechCrunch
Feb 2018
Facebook Is Losing Friends as Snapchat Lures Teens Away,
Bloomberg
Feb 2018 Snap Maps is now available on map.snapchat.com, Mashable
Feb 2018
Twitter Turned in a Profit For The First Time, Shares Surge, Stock
News Press
Feb 2018
Here’s how to remove a hated Snapchat 2018 refurbish on iPhone,
BestProductsReview

Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Key Markets
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
168
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Index of Top companies by Market
Funded Deadpooled Companies

Explore more on Tracxn Platform
170
Companies
Companies Covered
Unicorns
Public Companies
Acquired Companies
Funded Companies
Investment Trends
Recent Investments
Mega Investments
Investment Trend
Markets
BlueBox
Taxonomy
News
Key News
Recent News
Company Stage
Angel Funded
Seed Funded
Early Stage (Series A/B)
Late Stage (Series C+)
Acqui-hires
DeadPooled
Investors Acquirers
Unicorn Investors
Most Active VC &PE Investors
Portfolio of Top Investor
Most Active Acquirer
Mobile Communication > Appendix > Explore Sector on Tracxn Platform

Index of IPOs, Acquisitions, Unicorns, Soonicorns, Minicorns and Editor Picks in Mobile Communication
Index of Top companies by Market (1/10)
171
Mobile Communication > Appendix > Index of Top companies by Market
Ephemeral
Engagement focused
Real-time ephemeral messaging service with a
timer
IPO Date Mar 2017 Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- SNAP P/E -
Telegram (2013, St. Petersburg)
Open source messaging platform
Soonicorn. Stage: Unfunded
Privacy focused
Ephemeral, encryption based secure
communication
Dolby Family Ventures, Riverwood Capital, Knight
Foundation and 7 Other Investors
Confide (2013, New York City, $3.6M)
SV Angel, First Round Capital, WGI Group and 9
Other Investors
Messaging
Generic
Tencent, Foxconn Electronics, Adam D'Angelo and 4
Other Investors
Kakao Talk (2010, Seongnam-si, $93M)
IPO Date Jul 2017 Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- 35720 P/E -
Sequoia Capital
Money messenger app

172
Messaging
Generic
Cooliris (2008, San Francisco, $27.6M)
Mobile messaging solution provider for consumers
Stage: Acquired
DOCOMO Innovations, KPCB, Westly Group and 3
Other Investors
Marco Polo (2013, Palo Alto, $20M)
Video chat app
Benchmark Capital, StartX, Matrix Partners and 1
Other Investors
Messaging app for businesses
Boston Seed Capital, FULLSTACK, Ryan Moore and
1 Other Investors
Generic
Pinnatta (2011, Sunnyvale, $4.4M)
A platform for sending digital greetings card via
messaging
Odyssey Venture Partners, PJ Tech Catalyst Fund,
Andrew Wright and 2 Other Investors
Social chat app
IPO Date Jul 2015 Mcap $29M
IPO Mcap -
- MYSQ P/E -
Cord (2014, Brooklyn, $1.8M)
One tap voice chat app
Lerer Hippeau Ventures, GV, Greycroft Partners and
14 Other Investors
Generic
Emu (2012, Palo Alto, $1.5M)
Text messaging app with assistant
KPCB, TriplePoint Capital, Menlo Ventures and 1
Other Investors
HearMeOut (2012, Tel Aviv, $500k)
IPO Date Jun 2016 Mcap $9.7M
IPO Mcap -
- HMO P/E -
AI-based instant messaging and concierge app
Line (2011, Tokyo)
IPO Date Jul 2016 Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- LN P/E -

173
Messaging
Generic
Ok (2016, Bangalore)
App for sending voice messages
Zalo (2012, Ho Chi Minh City)
Messaging and chat app
160by2 (2007, Hyderabad)
Online platform to send SMS
Beluga (2010, Palo Alto)
Group messaging app
Stage: Acquired
Special purpose
friends
ADT Security Services, The Duchossois Group, DCM
Cola (2015, San Francisco, $1.3M)
Real-time Coordination and Collaboration app
Tribeca Angels, Maiden Lane
Calling
Voice
iSkoot (2005, San Francisco, $32.2M)
Mobile VOIP calling service
Stage: Acquired
Charles River Ventures, Khosla Ventures
Norwood Systems (2011, Nedlands, $14.8M)
Cost-effective mobile roaming voice, messaging and
data services provider
IPO Date Jun 2015 Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- NOR P/E -
NetTALK (2008, Miami, $10.1M)
IPO Date - Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- - P/E -
Meucci (2011, Tel Aviv, $6M)
Group calling & messaging app
Singulariteam, Dragon Venture

174
Calling
Voice
GNum (2014, Singapore, $5.6M)
Free online chat service
Tembusu Partners
BeepTool (2014, Plano)
VoIP app
DialNow (2004, Luxembourg)
VOIP calling application for mobile and desktop
FreePP (2011, Hsinchu)
VoIp calling and multimedia messaging app
IPO Date - Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- - P/E -
Voice
IPO Date - Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- - P/E -
Video
Vonage (2001, Holmdel, $671M)
IPO Date May 2006 Mcap $2.6B
IPO Mcap -
- VG P/E -
Free video & voice calls app
Alibaba Group, Qualcomm, DFJ and 10 Other
Investors
Fring (2006, Bnei Brak, $30M)
Free mobile video calls, voice calls and live chat
Stage: Acquired
North Bridge, Pitango Venture Capital, Veritas
Venture Partners and 1 Other Investors

175
Calling
Video
EBay, Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake and 13
Other Investors
Nimbuzz (2006, Rotterdam, $25M)
Cross-platform mobile calling and messaging app
Naspers, Mangrove Capital Partners, Holtzbrinck
Rounds (2009, Tel Aviv, $21.5M)
A mobile video calling application.
Stage: Acquired
Sequoia Capital, Verizon Ventures, Rhodium and 3
Other Investors
Video
Stage: Acquired
Quest Venture Partners, Almaz Capital,
CampVentures
Tribe (2015, San Francisco, $3.5M)
Video calling and messaging app
Ludlow Ventures, Kima Ventures, Partech Ventures
Stage: Acquired
Stage: Acquired
Video
Stage: Acquired
Eniac Ventures

176
App Community chat
Generic
Skout (2007, San Francisco, $26.6M)
Mobile dating and people discovery application
Stage: Acquired
Andreessen Horowitz, NFX Guild, Wavemaker
Partners
Hyperconnect (2014, Seoul, $10.6M)
Developer of video messaging and call app
SoftBank Ventures Korea, Altos Ventures Capital
Geo-Social
After School (2014, San Francisco, $16.4M)
Anonymous confessions and message board for
school kids.
Accomplice, Cowboy Ventures, Rocketship and 4
Other Investors
DrugVokrug (2009, Yekaterinburg)
Location-based messaging app
Content
Content creation
Masquerade (2015, Minsk)
Video editing tool specialized in facial recognition
Haxus, Gagarin Capital

177
Content
Emojis and Stickers
Sequoia Capital
Imoji (2013, San Francisco, $2M)
Platform to share and discover stickers
Enterprise
Messaging
enterprise teams.
21 Other Investors
Secure Enterprise Texting
Norwest Venture Partners, Invus Group, Accolade
Partners and 11 Other Investors
Polytech Ecosystem Ventures and 2 Other Investors
Messaging
Zula App (2012, Tel Aviv, $4.4M)
Team communications on mobile
OurCrowd, Microsoft Ventures, Rhodium and 6
Other Investors
Shift Messenger (2014, San Francisco, $1.6M)
Kapor Capital, Venrock, Commerce Ventures and 6
Other Investors

178
Enterprise
Calling
workforce
GE Ventures, Hearst, Emergence Capital and 1
Other Investors
Eko Communications (2012, Bangkok, $8.7M)
ITOCHU Corporation, Gobi Partners, 500 Startups
CPaaS
Horizontal
IPO Date Jun 2016 Mcap $1.2B
IPO Mcap -
- TWLO P/E -
Accel Partners, Y Combinator, Atomico
Gupshup (2006, Mumbai, $47M)
Messaging and bot development platform
Soonicorn. Stage: Series E
Tenaya Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, Charles
River Ventures and 4 Other Investors
Bandwidth (1999, Raleigh, $22M)
IPO Date Nov 2017 Mcap $352M
IPO Mcap -
- BAND P/E -
Horizontal
Cloud SMS API
Stage: Acquired
Sorenson Capital, Intel Capital, NHN Investment and
5 Other Investors
Voxox (2006, San Diego, $11.3M)
VoIP and Cloud Communication Solutions
SBD Global Fund

179
CPaaS
P2P
Greycroft Partners, Microsoft Ventures, Salesforce
TokBox (2007, San Francisco, $26M)
WebRTC API & SDK's Provider
Stage: Acquired
Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, DAG
Stage: Acquired
Sequoia Capital, Star Ventures, Viola Group and 1
Other Investors
P2P
Sightcall (2007, San Francisco, $12.7M)
Real time communication solutions
Idinvest Partners, Bouygues Telecom Initiatives
Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut, Bonfire
Ventures
AppLozic (2015, Bangalore)
Developer tool kit for integration of messaging
feature in web/mobile apps
P2P
Chunghwa Telecom Data Communication
(1991, Taipei)
Cloud-based unified communication solutions
provider
IPO Date Nov 2004 Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- 3516 P/E -
IPO Date - Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- CLX P/E -

180
CPaaS
A2P
Horizon Technology Finance, Norwest Venture
Partners, Scale Venture Partners and 11 Other
Investors
Anam (1999, Dublin, $16.9M)
Mobile messaging infrastructure technologies
Editor's Pick. Stage: Series B
BMS Finance, Motorola Mobility, Mayfair Venture
Capital and 1 Other Investors
Spotcast Communications (1998, Silver
Spring, $16M)
Mobile content delivery solutions provider
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, TPG
A2P
Mogreet (2006, Venice, $14M)
MMS and SMS Messaging API
Accelerate-IT Ventures, Ascend Venture Group,
Frontier Venture Capital and 5 Other Investors
Fastmobile (2002, Rolling Meadows, $12M)
VAS integrating Platform for Mobiles
DCM Ventures, Leo Capital Holdings, Walden
International and 1 Other Investors
Quiq (2015, Bozeman, $6.5M)
Customer service text messaging
Venrock, Next Frontier Capital
SMStrade (2008, Dettelbach)
SMS messaging service provider for businesses
A2P
IPO Date Dec 2009 Mcap $5.6M
IPO Mcap -
- GOK P/E -
IPO Date - Mcap -
IPO Mcap -
- LINKo P/E -

Funded Deadpooled Companies
181
Mobile Communication > Appendix > Funded Deadpooled Companies
View all 345 Deadpooled companies on Tracxn Platform
Funding Company Location
$36.2M Secret San Francisco
$20.7M Yubl London
$18M Lango Tel Aviv
$16.1M SendBird San Francisco
$12M Snapvine Seattle
$6.5M CS Networks Belgrade
$6.5M Yallo Tel Aviv
$5.5M TalkPlus San Mateo
$5.1M Sidecar San Francisco
$5M TurnUpp San Francisco
$5M PeerMe Mountain View
$4.9M Foonz Wayland
$4.5M Projector San Francisco
$4.5M Wiper New York City
$3M Klutch Messenger Santa Monica
$2.9M Polar Los Gatos
$2.4M MeRightNow San Francisco
$2.3M Vsnap Boston
$2.2M Paloma Mobile Sydney
$1.6M FlickIM Berkeley
$1.5M Deets Westport
$1.5M Bababoo New York City
$1.2M Tzee Lisle
$1.1M Unda Mountain View
$1M Trellise Houston
$1M Skyvi San Francisco
$1M Roger Talk New York City
$1M Messagebay Santa Clara
$750k Chumkee New York City
$720k Hoozin Tel Aviv
$600k Whatt New York City
$570k inZair Geneva
$500k Moonshado Chicago
$500k GroupFlier Bethesda
$500k Too.me Los Angeles
$300k Gulu Taipei
$275k Fast Society New York City
$200k Nokbox Burlingame
$182k WePopp Paris
$180k Crux Venice
$176k Aevi Reykjavik
$150k Wootup Paris
$120k imHome San Francisco
$100k Gather App Austin
$100k MeBeam Sydney
$100k YuMingle Indianapolis
$100k Chargies Scottsdale
$75k Lasso Chicago
$75k Ufree Tucson
$65k Message Missile Oxford
$60k Calleoo Nizhegorodskaya
$56.4k Bubbles Dublin
$50k Hopscotch Milwaukee
$50k Kinskii Dallas
$20k uTaP Cleveland
$20k Zumbl Gurgaon
$20k ShoutOut Santa Barbara
Okeyko Salta
Rep Berkeley
Hollerback San Francisco
Index of Deadpooled companies in Mobile Communication

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Research Manager
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